February062015

February032015

“In some programming circles, Alexander's book is treated with religious reverence. A kind of Tao Te Ching of oblique anecdotes. Concrete enough to to sound solid, but not enough to be actionable. A source of in-jokes and unhelpful advice.”

December122014

“This document is currently being used in production at several large
sites, but there are some experiences and intimations which scar too
deeply to permit of healing, and leave only such an added sensitiveness
that memory reinspires all the original horror.”

November122014

November112014

“My favourite property of good code is boredom. Dull statements one after another, no surprises, no tricks, no special cases, and absolutely no meta-programming. Boring code is the easiest to debug, to verify, and to explain.”